The Wonderful World Of Words, 3/8/17
While today's word keeps us within the canine realm, it defines a most dastardly being!
Michael the Dognapper
DEFINITION:
Noun
A dog thief; dognapper
ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
Greek (cyn-, "dog" + klept, "steal")
PRONUNCIATION:
[SI·no·klept]
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SCRABBLE SCORE:
14, but it is not recognized as an official Scrabble word because the people at Scrabble are secretly cat people.
USAGE/EXAMPLES:
"He was the greatest and most successful CYNOCLEPT, or dog-dealer, in England, and consequently in the world."
--Austin Elliot and the Harveys
by Henry Kingsley, 1899
"Then we have Mr. James, the dog-fancier and thief — 'a great, handsome giant, and most successful CYNOCLEPT' — who regarded Austin as 'a type of the real English gentleman.'''
--Church and State Review
by Venerable Archdeacon Denison, 1863
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